SCENES AT A FUNERAL.
• BEQUEST DECLINED. . CORPSE IN A COSTLY WAISTCOAT. (bt mraiura—γ-eess AssocuTioK-oorrMGnrJ Paris, Juno 11. Tho legacy of .£200,000 loft by M. Chauchard, proprietor of tho Mngosins <in Louvro, to ox-President Loubot, was duo to his signing tho decree whereby M. Chiuchard bobamo; a member of tho. Legion of, Honour. M. Loubet has refused' tho bequest, which , will go to the hospital. , ' Thcro was an enormous concourse at M. Chauchard's funeral; Tho waistcoat in which tho deceased xraa buried was covered wiUi pearl buttons worth half a million franca (£20,000). Tho crowd was diarospectful to tho' dead,' many persons snatching flowers from tho bier.
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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 533, 14 June 1909, Page 7
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106SCENES AT A FUNERAL. Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 533, 14 June 1909, Page 7
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